Romans 3:5-8
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5 But if our unrighteousness highlights[a] God’s righteousness,(A) what are we to say?(B) I am using a human argument:[b](C) Is God unrighteous to inflict wrath? 6 Absolutely not! Otherwise, how will God judge the world?(D) 7 But if by my lie God’s truth abounds to his glory, why am I also still being judged as a sinner?(E) 8 And why not say, just as some people slanderously claim we say, “Let us do what is evil so that good may come”?(F) Their condemnation is deserved!
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Romans 3:5-8
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5 But if our injustice serves to confirm the justice of God, what should we say? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I speak in a human way.)(A) 6 By no means! For then how could God judge the world? 7 But if through my falsehood God’s truthfulness abounds to his glory, why am I still being judged as a sinner? 8 And why not say (as some people slander us by saying that we say), “Let us do evil so that good may come”? Their judgment is deserved!(B)
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